Africa

Al-Shabab claims Uganda bombings

Andrew Simmons reports on the destruction in Kampala and the president's response

Uganda and Burundi currently have peacekeepers in Somalia as part of a stabilisation mission supported by the African Union.

Al-Shabab strategy

The near-simultaneous attacks on Sunday were the first time the group, which has carried out multiple suicide attacks inside Somalia, has struck outside of the country.

"Uganda was the first country to send peacekeepers to Somalia ... there are moves to get more peacekeepers into Somalia from neighbouring states," Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons, reporting from Kampala, said.